Sash supporter and fastener



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.`

WARREN F. HILL, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

SASH SUPPO'R'TER AND FASTENER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,158, dated April 24, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN F. HILL, of Portland, in the county ot' Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Window Support and Fastener; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others to make and use my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part ot' this specification, in Which- Figure 1 shows my invention attached to a window; Fig. 2, a transverse section of myinvention; Fig. 3, a side view in perspective ot' the same.

The object of my invention is to produce a device by which a window can be held at any point or position when open and securely fastened when closed.

My invention consists in the combined arrangement and applicatioinfor the purposes specified, ot' several devices hereinafter described and shown. i

A represents a metal plate to be secured to the inner sideof a window-frame, as illustrated in Fig. l, and having a space in which the check B is moved.

K B together forni a bent lever, turning upon the pivots m m, fixed in the rests s s. (See Fig. 3.)

G shows a spring formed of a bent plate of metal, secured to the staple u vand pressing` the check B of the bent lever K B outwardly against the Window-sash. (See Figs. 2 and 3.)

L is intended to show a projection to control the extent to which the bent lever K B can be moved, and to prevent the check B from being drawn farther-inward than even with the plate A.

F shows a removable bar, and D a thumbplate. By' these the pressure of the check B can be Withdrawn from the window-sash by pushing it in. rjjhe bar F is inserted into the window-frame, as shown in Fig. l. C is a thimble, through which the bar F is placed, and having the ilanges o o, Fig. 3, to x it in the desired position.

The portions B K G n L are placed within the window-frame, in a recess made for that purpose, as is illustrated in Fig. 2.

The bar F ts into the slot x,cut in the part K ot' the lever K B, and is provided with the shoulders i h and c d, the former to prevent the bar from slipping out ot the slot, and the latter to press against its sides when the bar is pushed inward.

E, Fig. '1, shows a recess made in the windowsash to receive the check B when the window is closed.

The shoulders 01h are so iliade that, by turning the bar F in such manner that they will rest longitudinally in the slot, the bar F can be withdrawn, and thus, when the check B is let into the recess E, the window is securely fastened and cannot be moved until the bar F is again inserted into the slot .'r.

The portion of the check B which cornes in contactwith the window-sash can be roughened or serrated, and will press with sufficient force to hold the Window at any desired point.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination ot the bar F, the bent lever K B, the spring G, and projection L with the plate A, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The use, in conjunction with the above combination, ot' the recess B, for the purpose specified.

WARREN F. HILL. Witnesses:

WILLLAM HOLIFEOED,

HENRY H. FURBIsH. 

